LS elections: 82 percent turnout in Tripura, 75 percent in Assam

New Delhi: The fourth phase of Lok Sabha elections on Saturday in seven constituencies spread across four states witnessed an impressive turnout with East Tripura registering a high of 81.8 percent voting.

Two seats of Goa, three of Assam and one each of Tripura and Sikkim on Saturday went to polls where over half-a-crore voters sealed the fate of 74 candidates in voting machines.

The Election Commission said the polls were by and large peaceful.

In Goa's North and South seats, the voter turnout was 75 percent. The state went for a single-phased election.

Assam's three seats - the Autonomous District, Karimganjand Silchar - saw 75 percent turnout. The turnout in whole of Assam was 69.6 per cent in the last Lok Sabha polls. The state has a total of 14 Lok Sabha constituencies.

Tripura's Tripura (East) seat which went for polls on Saturday saw a voter turnout of 81.8 percent. Last time, however, the turnout was much higher at 83.11 percent.

Sikkim went for simultaneous Lok Sabha and assembly elections on Saturday. The lone seat witnessed turnout of 76 percent. The percentage in the 2009 Lok Sabha elections was way above at 83.79 percent.

"The voter turnout percentage will be higher as we are yet to get final figures. There were still long queues of voters at polling stations," said Deputy EC Alok Shukla.

Tripura saw a multi-cornered contest. There are 12 candidates in the fray including CPI(M)'s Jitendra Chowdhury, who is the state industries minister, Congress' Sachitra Debbarma, a prominent educationist, BJP's Parkshit Debbarma, an ex-armyman, and Trinamool Congress leader Bhriguram Reang.